Reversing-gear.



PATENTED NOV. 5, 1907. 0. w. SPONSELI REVERSING GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1906.

25-3. 870,2u2. Sneciflcatlon G v 5, 195-7, Ap lieatio; file A; 1906. Serial J 309.523.

time. given, teeth 11 f engaging the cemplementel citizen teeth 7 of the gen when shifteCi toward the right.

I the United States, residing at Hartford, vceunty A key 01 spline 12 i fitted in a groove of the shaft 5, e of Cenne ticizt, have invented the clu ch 16 is previded with a recess for the rel lmprovements in Reversingl key. A collar 13 pinned to the end 9i oi which the miles; 3 is a ecificeitien. elieiipi'events longitmlin .1 dis cement thereof in To all 'lt'fivmit may :JOILCZTHI Be it known t E, Qnsnws 8 20111321,,

reler to (one direction, while t gem- 8, which is pinned to use w l Limit stated. 5 the same against displacetnnue, metormete, eutomel n techn cally in the nix, l relaltien that the ment in the Opposite lie-alien. Adjacent to the inner mg is formed en inwardly-projectlai' and. uenmn. mg the sides ml the lUlLul/jd at l6 lo? a pux'pese "e riise having bearings as shm n, alt ugh the if desired. in the .ne bridge is received one end 01' shaft the waving 1 1, and having rigid there- H ion being located between .ng l4, and a collar keyed napping the side in Fridge Aft-El stated,

r is the proviseparate pie" uction wne effect the invention E cheaply my the object v sie'n el It rev-arsiiggear ni aimgle cone Alia; will be powerful, w apply the (il'wing an in'ipioved ma i 2114 one that may be n .1uizictured, and Mel aecmnplish i! 'WOXk meled by thexliv fied Ellifxl 1. other details 0i complication l'requ-antl mend in the class 05 n which. lat

unit-1 nhaniem to At the cute and of the or other dev.

At (me shalt "ml in keyed a coupling in which powei from time engine is 7 oi the beefing l1, and parallel, or .el therewith is Hearing 32, and in line w t'n said lmmng 22 and pro ecting Irozn the opposite end of the (using 1 is a bearing 23 grooved at 24 for e, purpeee hereinafter stated.

in the bea ings and 23 is jOUlTMlO/(l a slift 25 hava key 26 and lease on the shaft 25 and ad acent to ling 22 is a. pinion 2'7 111 mesh it; he shaft l8, 821'l(l pinion upon the spline or i (ll 29, having teeth 29, lwyijml'l the clutch is a 5 of; the shalt 5. A. ballbetwcen the outer side file bearing 23, and 1 F33 man loosely mounted on the u with ezwn other.

l l l I 5m 01" a 0 details of canlll'lchi t a section taken on line ie im ti teal b373 1 1S 7 .ipli' lor transmitting power having at top a Cover 2. L15 illustrated in lri I to any 'TlQBlliikl device, Em instance a and l pl'opellei slieit when ti meclmniem is employed as a lro'icrzt i marine gen, er the shell u an zmto'znublle, 01 other device with which the mccl'i' 'Qism may 0e 1" lmyeii to the imit 25 i7 1". 05, being bunll xibd by til-a b1" niiled a [in a acrew v for alternately 510th 'be hereinafter exp used, this 5 35, Fig.

, uid bearings or benlnge 4, and in time? be wed. in said re 4-sliait by Le hub Ill of 2 let device .llg the slatcnee 10 and 29, as will Y umecl. Tins lever-device In time i 5, having leesely mount- 1 adjecent LU we cml a gear 6 having a clutchi llkl l:- *l and pinned thereto adjacent to its l. I i

opposite 713d 2, larger gm: 8, the pin being repfesented by the runner L lntevmecliate to the :llrlft said Ware 5 and 8 utch 1G is splined a 39 one side 01 the axis of the shaft and pair of like clutch having, in the exemplt' ea- 2.11m; 40 4 at the other side oi the all-nit, 36. In each v illustration given COllllQl'lESS a pail" of parallel arms $9,

.tively, said pin carrying a shoe 42, 42, respectively, which pins are located in the groove 43 of the clutch 10.

groove or key-way 4 for a purpose hereinaiterstated.

arm at one end thereof is fitted a pin ib-41, respec- At the opposite ends the arms 39,39 are equipped with similar pins and shoes 43, 43, respectively, the shoes being received in the groove,44 of the clutch 29. Keyed to the shaft 36 at 45 is the hub of a socket 46 in which is placed a manipulating-lever 47 for rocking the shaft and alternately shifting the clutches, which lever may be located at either end of said shaft.

In the left-l1and-bearing 4 of the casing is formed a From what has been described it will be seen that in the present invention a compact form of reversingmechanism is provided, and that power from the engine-shaft 8 is applied intermediate the pinions 6 and 27, thereby driving said pinions in the same direction when the clutches are in the neutral positions illustrated in Fig. 1 or are alternately connected as described. When it is desired to drive the shaft .25 direct the rockshaft 36-will be turned to the left by the handle47, and will throw the clutch 29 into engagement with the complemental clutch 28 of the gear 27, and as said clutch 29 is keyed to said shaft 25 it will be'obvious that power will be directly applied thereto from the engine or motor-shaft 18.

When it is desired to reverse the mechanismflever 47 will be shifted to the right thereby actuating the rock-shaft 36-tothrow the clutch 29 outof engagement with the clutch-hub of gear 27, and the clutch 10 into engagement with the clutch-hub 7 of the gear 6, locking said gear 6 to the shaft 5 arid causing said shaft to be driven by the pinion 19 oidriving-shaft 18, the power being transmitted from said shaft 5 by means of the gears 8 and 31, and thereby imparting a reverse movement to the driven-shaft 25.

When it is desired to stop the mechanism the clutches are simply shifted to theneutral position as illustrated in F ig. 1. l .lt will be, observed, that in'the improved construction illustrated and set forth each shaft of the mechaniism is an integral and not a divided shaft, and that the power being applied by the pinion 19 at a point intermediate the shafts 5 and 25 the pinions 6 and 27 will be co'ntinuously driven in the same direction while the mechanism is in operation, while the driving-shaft always rotates in a direction opposite toithat of said pinions. In assembling the'parts of my improved mechanism the shafts mayall be readily inserted in their bearings l without inconvenience,the grooves 4 and 24 of the bearings, the latter groove being continued thi'ough the roller-bearing 32, permitting readily to enter the casing.

As will be evident from the above descriptiom'the improvement results in a gear in which the power is applied between a pair of integral shafts; that the casing may be readily cast with the jourril-boarings dethe keys l2 and 26 scribed, and then machined at but little; cost; and that all shafts may be of the same diameter if desired; that the mechanism comprises a 1 ss number of parts than rigid with said driving-shaft;

-for shifting said clutches; and a pair those in common use, is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, strong and durable and of less weight than the gears ordinarily employed; but eight bearings are necessary in the casing, which n'm'y'fi' cast and machined in one piece; and that but five gears and three shafts are employed. I

In the construction illustrated the same speed is qiven while running in either direction, but this is immaterial, as the gears may be changed to drive one way at a certain speed and anotherway-at a different speed.

Any forms of clutches may be substituted for those shown, the invention not being limited in this'respect, and various changes in detail and in the positions of the shafts may also be made without departure from the invention.

Having thus described the 1s- 1. The combination, with a casing consisting of a costing having a bridge integral therewith, and connecting its sides, said bridge provided with bearings, of a driving-shaft invention, what Ilclaim f journaled in the casing and bridge; a gear rigid with said driving-shaft; a pair of integral'driven shafts, one on each side of said driving-shaft; gears loose on the driven shafts, and each carrying a clutchelement; clutches splined to the driven-shafts; means for actuating said clutches; and engaging gear-elements between the driven shafts.

2. The combination, with a'casting having three sets of hearings in line with each other, of a driving-shaft journaled in the intermediate set of bearings; :1 gear shafts journaled in the other sets of alined hearings; gears loose'on said shafts, and in constant mesh with the gear on said drivlngshaft; cluichcs splined to the driven shafts; lever-mechanism of intermeshing gears, one carried by each driven shaft.

3. The combination, with a casing, having sets of alined hearings, and a bridge connecting one set of said hearings, and provided with a hearing located at an angle to the connected set of bearings, of a driving-shaft journaled in the casing, and in the hearing of said bridge; a gear rigid with said dz-ivingshaft; driven shafts journnled in the other alined bearings of the casing: gearsloose on the driven shafts, and each having a c1utch-element; a rock shaft journaled in the hearings of the bridge; lever-arms carried by said rock-shaft; clutches operated by said lever-arms, and in sliding connection with the driven shaft; means for operating the rock-shaft; and gearing connecting the driven shafts. P

4. The combination, with a casing having alined l ear ings in its sides, of a bridge connecting said bearings; a driving-shaft journaled at one end' in said bridge, and at its power-end irt'the casing; a gear rigid with said drivlug-shaft; driven shafts, one on each'sideof the drivingsliatt; gears loose on said driven shafts, and each having a c" tel1-elerxient,sald gears being in constant engagement with the gears loose on the driver. shafts, whereby they are driven in the same direction; connecting gears, one

rigid with each driven shaft; clutches in sliding engagement with the driven shaft; :1 rock-shaft Journaled in the hearings'of the bridge; and devices connecting said rockshnlt with the clutches on the driven shafts.

iIARLES W. SPONSEL.

Witnesses SIDNEY S. Gno'r'ra, l". E. Annnnson.

or. this 31st day of March, 

